A teenager’s criminal tendency may seal the end of his school days after he was arrested for the illegal possession of a gun.
He was remanded in custody to 3 July by the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court.
Bongani Zungu (21), who was in Grade 10 and on parole under correctional supervision until 2027 for murder and attempted murder, was arrested in the evening on 14 June at the intersection of Vincent Tshabalala Road and 13 th Avenue.
He and three others were reported to Alexandra Police Station after they were spotted with guns next to Minerva Secondary School. Officers dispatched to the scene managed to apprehend him while the others escaped. He was found with a gun and arrested when he failed to produce a firearm licence.
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